24th May, 2017 10:00

European & Asian Works of Art

 
Lot 386
 

386

A JAPANESE SOLID PEWTER NETSUKE OF TENGU NO TAMAGO

A JAPANESE SOLID PEWTER NETSUKE OF TENGU NO TAMAGO, LATE EDO PERIOD, CIRCA 1850 emerging from its egg, the wings of copper, the eyes originally gilt, unsigned 4cm high Provenance: Julius and Arlette Katchen collection, Paris, acquired from Felix Tikotin, 1965 Published: Arlette Katchen, Netsuke 7, Paris, 2010, vol.2, p.444, no.K456

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A JAPANESE SOLID PEWTER NETSUKE OF TENGU NO TAMAGO, LATE EDO PERIOD, CIRCA 1850 emerging from its egg, the wings of copper, the eyes originally gilt, unsigned 4cm high Provenance: Julius and Arlette Katchen collection, Paris, acquired from Felix Tikotin, 1965 Published: Arlette Katchen, Netsuke 7, Paris, 2010, vol.2, p.444, no.K456